Your boat keys do float, right?

[Capt. Clueless]

I can asure you that a cork key ring will not keep a rucksack afloat Unless you have a b..y big pocket

Whaaaatt? not even with 2 mobile phones, wallet, (in it's usual state with nothing in it) car keys, and other associated paraphanelia? disgraceful waste of money these bits of cork!

 

[Daydream believer]

Whaaaatt? not even with 2 mobile phones, wallet, (in it's usual state with nothing in it) car keys, and other associated paraphanelia? disgraceful waste of money these bits of cork!

Take the sim out of one of the phones then chuck the rucksack in. That might do it

 

[elton]

My keys are attached to a lanyard tied around my belt, whenever I'm near water. So I didn't lose my boat keys, car keys or house keys, even when my boat was lost.

 

[Daydream believer]

My keys are attached to a lanyard tied around my belt, whenever I'm near water. So I didn't lose my boat keys, car keys or house keys, even when my boat was lost.

Better jump in the dock to check you still float then
Be awful if your next of kin could not get in to their inheritance if you drowned

 

[prv]

The boat key is on my keyring along with all the others - house, car, shed, storage container, etc. They won't float, so I refrain from throwing them in the sea. Simples.

Pete

 

[Medskipper]

Waterbuoy

http://www.water-buoy.com/


I've got one - never tested it in five (?) years

I have had one about 4 years, decided to test it last month and it was useless! Forget these daft ideas and use the standard cork type key ring it will never let you down however old it is.

 

[LittleSister]

We moved to combination hatch lock and push button engine start

I switched to a combination lock after forgetting the boat key once (resulting in a three hour round car trip, on top of the one and a half hours driving I'd already done; plus the dinghy out to the mooring, then back, then out again; all after a long days work.

Unfortunately, it was rather dark next time I went out to the boat, and I couldn't see the numbers on the lock! I can't remember how I solved the problem on that occasion, but subsequently I had to remember a torch, lighter or matches instead of the key. As it happened the lock rusted up very quickly, I couldn't find a weatherproof combination lock of the right size, and reverted to the devil I knew.

 

[PotatoNavigator]

It doesn't matter, it's a well known fact that only keys with no float attached fall in the water.

 

[knuterikt]

We installed a small key safe in one of the cockpit lockers in case of a lost or forgotten key

 

[prv]

forgetting the boat key once (resulting in a three hour round car trip

Put it on the same ring as your car keys

Pete

 

[Woodlouse]

The boats not been locked for years and I've never even tried to see if the key comes out of the ignition.

I have lots of floats hanging around though all looking fore lorn and keyless.

 

[DannyB]

Let's say you have your boat key on a floating key ring, and let's say you've tested it, now let us suppose you drop it overboard.
And you stand there watching it float away on the tide, you could chase after it, but you are going to need a key for the engine. Hmmm!

 

[jac]

Let's say you have your boat key on a floating key ring, and let's say you've tested it, now let us suppose you drop it overboard.
And you stand there watching it float away on the tide, you could chase after it, but you are going to need a key for the engine. Hmmm!

pluck it out with a boathook?

 

[maby]

We installed a small key safe in one of the cockpit lockers in case of a lost or forgotten key

We just keep a spare set of keys hidden deep in a locker that is never, itself, locked. My wife and I each carry a set of boat keys and the marina office also holds a set, so I think we are reasonably well protected....